Vitrectomy and Intravitreal Antiviral Drug Therapy in Acute Retinal Necrosis Syndrome

1 November 1984

journal article
case report
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)

Vol. 102 (11) , 1618-1621
https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1984.01040031308013

Abstract

• Two patients with acute retinal necrosis were treated with vitrectomy, intravitreal infusion of acyclovir, and prophylactic scleral buckling procedures. Both patients have had an uneventful postoperative course and a recovery of visual acuity; follow-up has been at five and 14 months. There has been no sign of toxicity from the intravitreally administered acyclovir by electroretinographic or clinical criteria.

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Necrotizing Vaso-Occlusive Retinitis
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